Trying to decide on a new PC for a £850 and below budget.
Posted by BeanQueen991@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 8 comments
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I have next to no experience with PC hardware, since my last PC was a hand-me-down. This was me taking a stab at it. I mainly play competitive multiplayer games at lower settings like Deadlock and TF2, or old singleplayer favourites like Shogun 2, Sekiro or VR. I don't have any interest in fidelity beyond 1080p but I want to be able to use my computer at higher framerates, 120+. From what I gather, that'd mean I'd want something CPU-leaning. I also edit video occasionally and want to migrate to Linux.
The power supply and case would be taken from my old PC. The RAM, SSD, motherboard and graphics card would be second-hand. I'd also prefer to keep the budget below £850, even if I have to cut some corners. Apologies for any glaring failures! Thank you for reading.
Gaz8t33@reddit
Ryzen 5 5600 would come abit cheaper and performs near enough the same as the 5600X
BeanQueen991@reddit (OP)
Oh, thank you. You're right about that and I'd definitely rather save the money.
gmoneygangster3@reddit
You MIGHT want to consider an AMD card just because the drivers play nicer with Linux, not saying you can’t use a nvidia card
But yeah do 2x16 instead of 4x8 for ram like the other guy said,
But for next to no experience really solid build man, major issues are just things you woudnt know without the experience or exposure
BeanQueen991@reddit (OP)
This is very helpful. If you don't mind me asking, when you say Nvidia drivers might not play nice with Linux, does that refer to performance, difficulty of installation or possible issues in the future?
gmoneygangster3@reddit
Simple answer it all comes down to nvidia having proprietary drivers and AMD being open source, meaning AMD drivers are baked into the OS already
It’s a lot better nowadays, but like for example if you wanted to use steam OS you HAVE to have an AMD GPU, and for updating if the kernel updates before the drivers you can have issues, where AMD is plug and play because like I said, the drivers are part of the kernel
Only thing that would make me say go nvidia in your case is either if you are going to be doing AI work, or you REALLY care about ray tracing
BeanQueen991@reddit (OP)
I'm not going to be doing AI work and I definitely don't care abour ray tracing. Would the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT be a good equivalent for the 3060ti the user before mentioned? I wouldn't like to pay double to go up to something like a RX 9060 XT.
Extal@reddit
If you're going 2nd hand don't get a 3050, or an XX50 card at all.
Try to get your hands on a 3060ti/3070. Also swap the ram sticks for 2x16gb.
BeanQueen991@reddit (OP)
Thank you! I figured there might be a problem with 4x8gb RAM. It seemed a bit too good to be true.